PPT97: Slide Branching Lost When Saving as Previous Version (162499)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q162499 SYMPTOMS
When you save a PowerPoint 97 presentation that contains an embedded
PowerPoint slide or PowerPoint presentation object into PowerPoint 7.0
format, you can not edit or run those objects from PowerPoint 7.0.
When you open the presentation in PowerPoint 7.0 and double-click the
slide or presentation object, you receive the following error message:
The server application, source file, or item cannot be found. You
should reinstall the server application.
This symptom occurs even if you created the embedded PowerPoint object
from a PowerPoint 7.0 file.
NOTE: If you use embedded presentations to create a branched slide show in
PowerPoint 97, you can not reach the branches from PowerPoint 7.0.
CAUSE
PowerPoint 97 inserts a PowerPoint 7.0 slide or presentation object as a
PowerPoint 97 object. When you save the PowerPoint 97 presentation in
PowerPoint 7.0 format, the embedded objects do not change. After you open
the presentation in PowerPoint 7.0 and double-click the embedded object,
your computer tries to start PowerPoint 97. If PowerPoint 97 is not
installed on your computer, you receive the error message described in the
"Symptoms" section.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, create branches by linking other presentations
instead of embedding them. When you save your PowerPoint 97 presentation
into PowerPoint 7.0 format, you must also open and save all of the branch
presentations in PowerPoint 7.0 format.
NOTE: If your presentation contains features that are available in
PowerPoint 97 but not in PowerPoint 7.0 they will be lost when you convert
your presentation.
STATUS
We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/17/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbconversion kberrmsg kbprb KB162499 |
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